From Basic Cardiac Imaging to Image Fusion

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Cardiac Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Coronary Circulation as a Basis for Imaging

   • Josef Fox, Neeta Pandit-Taskar, H. William Strauss

   Pages 1-14

3. How Should We Stress the Human Heart?

   • Eliana Reyes

   Pages 15-28

4. Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: The Role of SPECT, PET and CMR

   • Caroline E. Veltman, Berlinda J. de Wit-van der Veen, Albert de Roos, Joanne D. Schuijf, Ernst E. van der Wall

   Pages 29-49

5. Innervation of the Heart: Imaging Findings Using [123I]-MIBG Scintigraphy in Different Pathologies

   • Denis Agostini, Kenichi Nakajima, Hein Jan Verberne

   Pages 51-70

6. How to Reduce the Radiation Burden in Cardiac CT

   • Gianluca Pontone

   Pages 71-89

7. How to Reduce the Radiation Burden in Cardiac SPECT

   • Assuero Giorgetti, Dario Genovesi

   Pages 91-102

8. Will 3D Imaging of the Heart Replace Pathology?

   • Alessia Gimelli, Elena Filidei

   Pages 103-113

9. Image Fusion and Coregistration: State of the (He)art

   • Stephan G. Nekolla, Christoph Rischpler, Martina Marinelli

   Pages 115-123

10. Diagnostic Algorithms in Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Guidelines and Evidence-Based Behaviors

    • Stefania Paolillo, Pasquale Perrone Filardi

    Pages 125-134

The recent development of three-dimensional imaging techniques has provided an enormous amount of information relevant to the clinical management of patients at low and high risk for coronary artery disease. However, while progress in each individual technique has been rapid, the correlation of findings obtained with radiology, nuclear medicine, and magnetic resonance imaging is still relatively neglected. In this book, qualified experts in cardiac imaging present the basic concepts of cardiac pathology and imaging and compare the findings obtained in particular subspecialties with those acquired using other techniques. In this way the reader will learn how images and techniques can be integrated in clinical practice to the benefit of the patient. In addition, it is explained how appropriate multimodality integration can reduce the patient's exposure to ionizing radiation. Physicians ranging from cardiac surgeons to internal medicine specialists and even public health administrators will find this book invaluable in understanding the role of hybrid cardiac imaging.

• Cardiac imaging
• Image fusion
• Magnetic resonance
• Nuclear medicine
• Radiology

• Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Department of Nuclear Medicine, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy

  Paolo Marzullo

• Centro Regionale di Medicina Nucleare, Universita di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

  Giuliano Mariani

Paolo Marzullo, MD, FESC, FACC, is Director of the Nuclear Medicine Department at the Monasterio Foundation, Pisa, Italy. Founding member of the European and Italian Working Groups on Nuclear Cardiology, he is author of over 450 publications in the field of cardiac imaging, including cardiac CT and MRI.

Giuliano Mariani, MD, is Full Professor of Nuclear Medicine, Director of the Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine and of the Post-graduate Specialty School in Nuclear Medicine of the University of Pisa Medical School, Pisa, Italy. Starting with pharmacokinetic studies using radioactive tracers in humans his research interests encompass virtually all clinical applications of nuclear medicine for both diagnosis and therapy. Author of over 270 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals, book editor and contributor in the fields of pharmacokinetics with radioactive tracers and diagnostic and therapeutic applications of nuclear medicine.

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